Category: Features
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Village Life: 26 miles on foot in Flint, Connor Coyne’s walk is both ancient and intimate
By Connor Coyne On a Sunday at the end of June, my alarm goes off at three in the morning. I dress in the darkness, putting on the loose fitting shirt and shorts I’d selected the night before. I’m careful not to wake my wife who will sleep for several more hours in the antiseptic…
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Absentee and mail-in ballots to be mailed out Tuesday to Flint residents; ACLU raises concerns
By Tom Travis Absentee ballots will begin to be mailed out Tuesday, July 7, Flint City Clerk Inez Brown said in a phone interview Monday. In the face of an inquiry by the Greater Flint ACLU, questioning the City Clerks’ procedures, Brown said she could not confirm the number of applications for mail-in ballots received…
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East Village Magazine – July 2020
The latest issue of the East Village Magazine is available for download here.
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On the last day of the month, Mayor Neeley officially recognizes June as Pride Month for City of Flint
The following press release was issued today, June 30, by the City of Flint: “Mayor Sheldon Neeley today issued a proclamation recognizing June as Pride Month in the City of Flint. “It is believed to be the first time the City of Flint has recognized the month. The proclamation recognizes June as Pride Month for…
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Education Beat: Flint school board nixes new administration’s plan to reopen schools
By Harold C. Ford On June 29, with barely five weeks remaining until the start of the 2020-2021 school year, the board of education of Flint Community Schools (FCS) rejected the plans for reopening schools put forward by Anita Steward, the district’s new superintendent. A motion to move 6th, 7th , and 8th graders to…
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Education Beat: Lopez fired, Steward hired as Flint Community Schools staff challenges continue
By Harold C. Ford “I’m just overwhelmed how we were left in March and she stepped up.” …Vera Perry, board trustee, Flint Community Schools, June 25, 2020 At a special meeting of the board of education of Flint Community Schools (FCS) June 25, Derrick Lopez was terminated as FCS superintendent “without cause” in a 4-1…
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Last piece of Flint River-Genesee Valley trail acquired; links Flint to statewide Iron Belle trail
A new three-mile-long paved trail in the City of Flint is one step closer to completion, thanks to an upcoming property acquisition by the City of Flint announced Thursday. Called the Grand Traverse Greenway, it will complete an 18-mile path connecting the Flint River and Genesee Valley trails. And it is the final piece to…
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City Council considers contracts, appointments, Juneteenth, property purchase, and $800K in water treatment chemicals
By Tom Travis At the June 22 City Council meeting, disputes between council members resulted in two councilpersons being ejected and three councilpersons voluntarily leaving the meeting in protest. With five of the nine council members gone from the meeting quorum was lost. The often contentious panel re-convened two days later, June 24, and this…
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Undeterred by COVID, Flint Youth Film Festival goes on; will “make magic” online
By Patsy Isenberg Faced with an unexpected pandemic shutdown and COVID-19 restrictions, those in charge of planning the 2020 Flint Youth Film Festival found a logical solution to getting the films out to the public: they’ll be shown on the festival’s YouTube channel. Films from the 5th annual festival, for Michigan young people 13-25,…
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Education Beat: Northwestern needs $4 million in upgrades; where will junior high students go?
By Harold C. Ford “We should’ve never moved in that [Northwestern] building.” …Vera Perry, trustee, Flint Board of Education “We create the instability that we face.” …Diana Wright, vice-president, Flint Board of Education At its meeting June 9, the board of education of Flint Community Schools (FCS) was informed that it would cost the school…
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